Natural Product Sciences
- Volume 5 Issue 2
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- Pages.104-106
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- 1999
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- 1226-3907(pISSN)
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- 2288-9027(eISSN)
Isolation of a Potent Mosquito Repellent from Vitex negundo L.: An Alternative Source of Rotundial
- Amancharla, Praveen K. (Research and Development Centre, E. I. D. Parry (India) Ltd.) ;
- Muthuraj, Patrick S. (Research and Development Centre, E. I. D. Parry (India) Ltd.) ;
- Rao, Gottumukkala V. (Research and Development Centre, E. I. D. Parry (India) Ltd.) ;
- Singh, Om V. (Research and Development Centre, E. I. D. Parry (India) Ltd.)
- Published : 1999.06.01
Abstract
The chloroform fraction of the aqueous extract of the fresh leaves of Vitex negundo by bioactivity guided isolation yielded a pure compound, rotundial (1) which has shown potent mosquito repellent activity. Using spectral data (UV, IR,